Great expectations of small packages

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-78

  Popp, Richard L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; COMMUNITY CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEORECORDING;

CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0037958393     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2003.0648     Document Type: Editorial

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